Suspending ring



(No Model.)

G. W. MCGILL.

SUSPENDING RING. No. 249,849. Patented Nov. 22,1881.

N. PETERS, PhmovL\hngr..phar. Washington. D. C.

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UNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. MGGILL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDlNG-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,849, dated November22, 1881.

(No model.)

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MGGILL, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at New York city, in the county ot'New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSuspendiug-Rings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap and strong device forsuspending 'or hanging cards or other prints upon hooks or nails; and itconsists in uniting a metal ring or loop with a paper base, to beattached to the card 0r print to be suspended, by inucilage, glue, orany suitable adhesive substance, in such manner that the metal ring willturn upon a hinge between it and the paper base or body. The ring orloop, heilig made of metal, is not liable to be fractured or abraded bythe nail or hook on which it may he hung, and, being hinged to its paperbase, it may be turned down upon the card or print to allow the same t0`be neatly packed for transportation or mailed.

In making the device both its metallic ring or loop and its paper baseare susceptible of receiving a variety of forms, some of the moreapproved of which are shown in the drawings, in which- Figure 1represents the paper base or body ot' the device in blank, shaped likethe letter H.

The metallic ring or loop A is placed upon the central band, b, of thepaper blank, and the arms B B of the blank are pasted to the back andfront, respectively, of the card or print to he suspended, as shown inFig. 2, wherein C represents the upper portion ofthe card or print.

Fig. 3 represents a vertical cross-section ot' Fig. 2, taken ou line mof that figure.

Fig. 4 represents a vertical cross-section of Fig..2, in which case thearms B B, instead of being pasted one on each side of the card, arepasted together and attached to one side only of the card.

Fig. 5 represents a form of the device with one-half of the paper bodyremoved to exhibit a peculiar form of the metallic ring, wherein thelatter is provided at its base with a loop,

ct, through which the center band, b, is passed, the object of thisformation ot' the ring being to hold in position the paper base beforethe device is put in use by being pasted to a card.

Fig. 6 represents the'paper base of the device, shaped like the letter Tinverted. The head of the T is provided with two parallel slits, d d,forming a baud or strap, al.

rIhe tongue D is passed through the ring and then through the slits d dunder the strap d', and drawn down so as to bring the bottoin of thering to the top ofthe arm B. The arm B and the end of the tongue D arethen pasted to the back of the card or print to be hung, as shown inFig. 7.

Fig. Sis a vertical cross-section of Fig. 7, taken on line y y of thatfigure.

Fig. 9 represents the paper base of the device shaped as .it is in Fig.l, and provided with a slit, e c, and center hole, c. The object ol'this slit and hole is to admit the use of a ring formed as shown in Fig.l0, wherein the ring is shown in position in the paper base, the fronthalf of the latter being removed to exhibit the construction. The ringpart or foot of the same is run through the'slit c in the paper base, sothat its feet g g will occupy the fold of the band b and its neck h thehole e. The object of this construction is similar to that of theconstruction shown in Fig. 5- to wit, to hold the ring in position inthe paper base before the same is attached to a card.

That part of the side or sides of the paper base which is to be pastedto the card or print may be coated with mucilage, so that in applyingthe device to a card the mere wetting ofthe mucilage-coated part willcause the device to adhere as desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A suspending device having its suspending ring or loop made of metal andits base or attaching part of paper provided with an adhesive coating,and the two parts hinged together, substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony whereofI I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. MCGILL.

Witnesses:

HENRY SCOTT, W. R. Non.

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